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bill moyers. there's no gossipiness, and so people feel better for watching home on tv. you might enjoy watching other things more, but you feel better about yourself. while you've seen bill moyers. and in that sense, he's a lot like going to church himself. [laughter] >> so here he is. he is a giant in our time, he recently announced his retirement, whatever that may mean, he has a lot of work to do as we will point out to him here. he is underneath the easy going southern interior, very ambitious, working man that drives the people that work for him, and as a fellow fundamentalist, no matter what you might think, this is a man with deep sense of personal unworthiness, we were brought up for this. and they made their mark on it, and it never goes away. and a deep need for redemption and i hope he'll redeem himself here tonight. mr. bill moyers. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> i didn't know there were this many lutherans left in st. paul. you must have bust him in from la
bill moyers. there's no gossipiness, and so people feel better for watching home on tv. you might enjoy watching other things more, but you feel better about yourself. while you've seen bill moyers. and in that sense, he's a lot like going to church himself. [laughter] >> so here he is. he is a giant in our time, he recently announced his retirement, whatever that may mean, he has a lot of work to do as we will point out to him here. he is underneath the easy going southern interior, very...
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and it is quite extraordinary as mentioned in the introduction we can talk a few of them like bill moyer and those were well known to us at hunter but tell a about his age. >> from the vantage point jack valenti november 1963 in advertising pr gay mom -- pr guy and from the young businessman became friendly with the senate secretary and he was tasked as a volunteer with the leg of the trip that president kennedy was taking in houston and johnson said get on air force two and fly to dallas and come with me afterwards so he did. he was ten cars back in the motorcade through a whirlwind of circumstances that he wanted on air force one but he wasn't sure why but on the four left corner you can see a very confused looking valenti had no idea why he was there. he went on staff having no experience that johnson really respected his opinion became the appointment secretary and a great gatekeeper not on who got to see him but the information that he would look through the memorandum of staff and would decide what should go before the president and he wears a champion of the oddball idea with thos
and it is quite extraordinary as mentioned in the introduction we can talk a few of them like bill moyer and those were well known to us at hunter but tell a about his age. >> from the vantage point jack valenti november 1963 in advertising pr gay mom -- pr guy and from the young businessman became friendly with the senate secretary and he was tasked as a volunteer with the leg of the trip that president kennedy was taking in houston and johnson said get on air force two and fly to dallas...
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now, this book came to jackie via bill moyers and judith moyers, and they specifically recall recommending the book to jackie because it reminded them of her, especially in the character's insis ten si on her privacy finish insis ten si on her privacy. and jackie acquired the book and might bed it. jackie also accepted the novel, the last living member of the harlem renaissance, a book called "the wedding" about the troubled marriages of several generations of african-americans who summer on martha's vineyard. jackie's experience may not have been identical to these characters, but she endorsed all of these books, and they represent marriage on the whole as complex, problematic and neither romantic nor ideal. a second group of jackie's books i've grouped around the kind of category of motherhood, clearly a crucial phase in her own life. this image she commissioned also from aaron shickler has her son john reading and her daughter caroline writing or, perhaps, working in a sketch book. it's a key indication of what she cared about, and this comes out, too, in the books she commissioned. she
now, this book came to jackie via bill moyers and judith moyers, and they specifically recall recommending the book to jackie because it reminded them of her, especially in the character's insis ten si on her privacy finish insis ten si on her privacy. and jackie acquired the book and might bed it. jackie also accepted the novel, the last living member of the harlem renaissance, a book called "the wedding" about the troubled marriages of several generations of african-americans who...
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like lannan, moyer is available in many leagues. he's also an example why season numbers don't tell the entire story. i'm eric karabell. espn.com. check us out. the best fantasy analysis around, articles, videos, podcasts, chats, do better in your league. >> penguins forward petr sykora may not play in game seven of the stanley cup finals friday because of a right-foot injury. sykora was hurt while blocking a shot in game six. pens trying to become the first team to win game seven of the stanley cup finals on the road since the 1971 montreal canadiens. dallas stars have fired head coach dave tippett. the washington nationals signed righthander drew storen to a deal worth more than $1.5 million a day after selecting him with the 10th pick in the amateur draft. >> giants beat the d'backs 6-4. barry zito gets the win.
like lannan, moyer is available in many leagues. he's also an example why season numbers don't tell the entire story. i'm eric karabell. espn.com. check us out. the best fantasy analysis around, articles, videos, podcasts, chats, do better in your league. >> penguins forward petr sykora may not play in game seven of the stanley cup finals friday because of a right-foot injury. sykora was hurt while blocking a shot in game six. pens trying to become the first team to win game seven of the...
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that's jackie with bill moyers and her long tim come companion, maurice. perhaps the most interesting collection of books is on a subject she knew well. that isçó on fame, celebrity, ad miss. one of her proudest achievements was a series of interviews bill moyers did on pbs with a scholar of religions and that ought to be a bookment jackie said that's fascinating, let's make it a book. others said that's not a book, she said, no, it will be. this was the power of myth, and it was another one of her best sellers. one of the most interesting passages is about how ordinary people, hollywood movie star, for example, like john wayne, might become something more than a cow bio, but a legendary figure whose celebrity helped shape people's lives. she did a number of books in this area including works on film stars and gene as well as her book with michael jackson, "moon walk." these are all about being transformed into superhuman, extraordinary, sometimes ridiculous, but sometimes with meaningful results especially when living legends give shape or comfort to pe
that's jackie with bill moyers and her long tim come companion, maurice. perhaps the most interesting collection of books is on a subject she knew well. that isçó on fame, celebrity, ad miss. one of her proudest achievements was a series of interviews bill moyers did on pbs with a scholar of religions and that ought to be a bookment jackie said that's fascinating, let's make it a book. others said that's not a book, she said, no, it will be. this was the power of myth, and it was another one...
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the moyers said that not a book. i'm sure it will be. this became the power of myth and another one of her best sellers. one of his most interesting passages in the power of myth is about how ordinary people, hollywood movie star like john wayne may become something more than a cowboy, but it kind of legendary mythical figure whose liberty helped shape people's lives. she did a number of books in this area, including works on film star clara bow and jean harlow as the lesser book with michael jackson, moonwalk. all of these are about ordinary people being transformed into something superhuman, something extraordinary and sometimes ridiculous and sometimes the meaning of results, as ashley when living legends give comfort or sheep to people's lives. it seems to me that we like to make fun of the cheapness of celebrity culture, but the power of myth invites us to reflect on how famous figures can be touchstones, guiding light even for people's lives, how in an age of declining religious faith in the west we still long for contact with huma
the moyers said that not a book. i'm sure it will be. this became the power of myth and another one of her best sellers. one of his most interesting passages in the power of myth is about how ordinary people, hollywood movie star like john wayne may become something more than a cowboy, but it kind of legendary mythical figure whose liberty helped shape people's lives. she did a number of books in this area, including works on film star clara bow and jean harlow as the lesser book with michael...
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like lannan, moyer is available in many leagues. he's also an example why season numbers don't tell the entire story. i'm eric karabell. espn.com. check us out. the best fantasy analysis around, articles, videos, podcasts, chats, do better in your league. >> the dallas stars have fired head coach dave tippett. the washington nationals signed righthander drew storen to a deal worth more than $1.5 milla
like lannan, moyer is available in many leagues. he's also an example why season numbers don't tell the entire story. i'm eric karabell. espn.com. check us out. the best fantasy analysis around, articles, videos, podcasts, chats, do better in your league. >> the dallas stars have fired head coach dave tippett. the washington nationals signed righthander drew storen to a deal worth more than $1.5 milla
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reporters were calling the moyers gap. it was no longer credible when the administration was talking the more appropriations. purposely under shooting. and in then having to come back for some mental appropriations. it became clear that they were not leveling. it undermines the credibility there. and then that they have thing as that it have economic effects that undermined the whole argument. he could not ask them for a tax on the increase. if he did he was afraid that conservatives and moderates would basically demand that he he didn't want to do that. he paid for it by borrowing. it would be modest by latest comparison. he probably wished you had 1967 inflation. but remember for 20 years they've been they been told we figured out how to do this. it continue to grow the economy. as it became an increasing problem and look like he no longer knew how to pull the levels of the economy. it was part of the implicit deal. this is after 1966 just to go back to where we started with this. the key people left the white house. man
reporters were calling the moyers gap. it was no longer credible when the administration was talking the more appropriations. purposely under shooting. and in then having to come back for some mental appropriations. it became clear that they were not leveling. it undermines the credibility there. and then that they have thing as that it have economic effects that undermined the whole argument. he could not ask them for a tax on the increase. if he did he was afraid that conservatives and...
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the senate received documents for justice soto moyers confirmation after they were reviewed by leslie karen. she represented obama campaign manager and former representative charlie wrangle and eventually became deputy white house counsel in the eight obama administration. as a journal pointed out in the journal yesterday, the senate received documents for justice kagan after they were reviewed by bruce lindsey. mr. lindsay overlapped with justice kagan in the white house which was a democrat white house. he also served as president clinton's national campaign director in 1992, as president clinton's hyper- partisan senior lawyer, and the fixer in the white house and ceo of the clinton foundation for ten years including when justice kagan was nominated. . . really embarrassed by bringing up that issue when you look at how it was handled in previous nominees to the supreme court by people that were partisan. so how much more partisan can you get than the people i just mentioned handling issues of presidential privilege for those democrat nominees, sotomayor and kagan? well it happens b
the senate received documents for justice soto moyers confirmation after they were reviewed by leslie karen. she represented obama campaign manager and former representative charlie wrangle and eventually became deputy white house counsel in the eight obama administration. as a journal pointed out in the journal yesterday, the senate received documents for justice kagan after they were reviewed by bruce lindsey. mr. lindsay overlapped with justice kagan in the white house which was a democrat...
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it is today's list such efforts bill moyers and others made. to simply acknowledge the differences but i try to do a and which i desired zero curiosity. >> ali dismissed? >> thank you, everyone for coming. [applause] [inaudible] you are watching booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. tonight we are spending the evening with late author and columnist, william f. buckley junior, founder of the national review magazine, host of "the firing line" television program and had a long-running newspaper column. up next, from 1997, mr. buckley reflected on his feet in his autobiography "near by god." [inaudible conversations]
it is today's list such efforts bill moyers and others made. to simply acknowledge the differences but i try to do a and which i desired zero curiosity. >> ali dismissed? >> thank you, everyone for coming. [applause] [inaudible] you are watching booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. tonight we are spending the evening with late author and columnist, william f. buckley junior, founder of the national review magazine, host of "the firing line" television program...
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and jamie moyer. and he has turned his season around with quality starts last week. it is time to trust him, especially against a struggling reading. and moyer is available in many lesion and an example why the season anymore don't tell the whole story. check us out, the best fantasy analysis away. >> and winning four straight the first time taking on the pirates. dog night at turner field and i guess that means you bring your four-legged friend. and a single to center. and the former pirate comes up throwing and the throw is cut off by greg norton. and laroche comes in to score and it looks like it would have been on the money. and. >> the m's and o's and jose lopez and company struggled in the charmed city recently. jose lopez and the two-run home run and the mariners snapping the five-game losing streak in baltimore. giants and d-backs. and allowing two hit so far in 4 1/3 innings and a two-run home run in the third is the ninth for the year in san francisco. and the a's are leading the twins 3-2. and cabrera with an rbi, along with suzuki. and liriano on the hill
and jamie moyer. and he has turned his season around with quality starts last week. it is time to trust him, especially against a struggling reading. and moyer is available in many lesion and an example why the season anymore don't tell the whole story. check us out, the best fantasy analysis away. >> and winning four straight the first time taking on the pirates. dog night at turner field and i guess that means you bring your four-legged friend. and a single to center. and the former...
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jamie moyer, and eric milton, 10:00 o'clock. after 10. first pitch. bring in todd who covers the phillies. hello, todd. >> hi, how are you? >> let's talk about jamie moyer, any concern from phillie nation on his performance this year? >> well, early on, no question jamie was certainly struggling. but the good news is his last three starts he's pitched a lot better. that's nothing that's going to set the world on fire. but with his offense, if any pitcher on his pitching stach staff can keep their era around that, they'll probably win a lot of games. so i think the phillies are hoping that jamie can continue to pick up what he's been doing the last three games. >> bill:. >> i saw the phillies recently myself down at yankee stadium. this is an impressive team when you see them in person. they've got nice bullpen guys. maybe another starting pitcher is what they'd like to have. let's talk about this team who could well repeat as nl champions. what are they looking for to plug the holes? >> right now they're looking for starting pitching help. they've got
jamie moyer, and eric milton, 10:00 o'clock. after 10. first pitch. bring in todd who covers the phillies. hello, todd. >> hi, how are you? >> let's talk about jamie moyer, any concern from phillie nation on his performance this year? >> well, early on, no question jamie was certainly struggling. but the good news is his last three starts he's pitched a lot better. that's nothing that's going to set the world on fire. but with his offense, if any pitcher on his pitching stach...
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ideas personally i would rather leave room making up to bill moyers than some of the people that had been handling it lately but speaking of that it is a good issue because these debates are now not being fought as a matter of just dueling regulators or dueling scientist but are also being fought obviously in the public inning congress. weiss cyber rather alarming example of that when the republican-- repealed the economic standards largely on the basis of calling four, there was not enough science it. people glahn understand ebony make a good point in your book that we don't need absolute certainty and if we try people will die as a result of trying. but we need to use the best available evidence. how do we get americans in general to understand that? we are in a political season, should be an issue right now. we need to get at only the americans to understand it that congress to understand it in the media to understand it. what can we do bcts a sarbanes-oxley? >> that is a tough question and i'm hoping other people can on answer that question. i think the media does play an importa
ideas personally i would rather leave room making up to bill moyers than some of the people that had been handling it lately but speaking of that it is a good issue because these debates are now not being fought as a matter of just dueling regulators or dueling scientist but are also being fought obviously in the public inning congress. weiss cyber rather alarming example of that when the republican-- repealed the economic standards largely on the basis of calling four, there was not enough...
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representatives will begin work on age congress 24 a nonbinding resolution which calls for special counsel robert moyers report to be made available to the
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in the background is bill moyer and me in i have in my office and wait so is hot in there you could see the sweat through cardinal spellman's -- and they finally agreed. it was fantastic. got the bill passed. and then he said to john mccormick, the speaker of the house, hold the bill up. if you get a bill and you don't sign it within ten days there's a pocket veto. hold the bill for a month. and mccormick said, why? and johnson said because i want too sign it on hugh kerry's birthday. we wouldn't have this bill without him and he did sign it on hugh kerry's birthday. >> host: how did he know so much about so many people? i mean, i'm told that he had the phone number and the name of every member of congress on his desk in the oval office with little notes about what they might need or might want. how did he assemble all this? where did he get all this information? >> guest: he accumulated it. it just was absolutely stunning. and it was invaluable to him. he loved politicians. he spent time with them. he knew when their wives were sick when their kids were sick, or when they had a problem
in the background is bill moyer and me in i have in my office and wait so is hot in there you could see the sweat through cardinal spellman's -- and they finally agreed. it was fantastic. got the bill passed. and then he said to john mccormick, the speaker of the house, hold the bill up. if you get a bill and you don't sign it within ten days there's a pocket veto. hold the bill for a month. and mccormick said, why? and johnson said because i want too sign it on hugh kerry's birthday. we...
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i sent of the policy changes that allow them to make moyer you. >> you mentioned your chairman at media com, rocco. who is mcamizo. >> one of a kind. >> why do we all laugh? >> he is an italian immigrant that came to this country, 12-year-old that didn't speak english and entered entry into a prestigious wows catholic and learned his way to colombia on a soccer scholarship and has never stopped working hitch is one of the guys that is a real underdog in life. he has taken his role as an underdog and relishes and it proved in the 1990 2000s and stake systems nobody wasn't it, considered junk, and turn them into systemed that people would be proud of and can make consumes on par with con -- consumers in small towns in iowa on par with chicago customers and new york city. he just both the new york cosmos, another franchise left for dead, soccer team that wasser in bankruptcy in december and he bought and is out to prove that he can fix american soccer. that's his next passion. >> and back policy, matt polka, you mentioned the ftc as opposed to the fcc do you see a move over to the ftc to b
i sent of the policy changes that allow them to make moyer you. >> you mentioned your chairman at media com, rocco. who is mcamizo. >> one of a kind. >> why do we all laugh? >> he is an italian immigrant that came to this country, 12-year-old that didn't speak english and entered entry into a prestigious wows catholic and learned his way to colombia on a soccer scholarship and has never stopped working hitch is one of the guys that is a real underdog in life. he has...
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in the background is bill moyers and me and a picture i have in my office. it was so hot in there you could see the sweat through cardinal spellman's black cassock. it was incredible. they worked on it. finally agreed. it was fantastic. got the bill passed. then he said to john mccormick, the speaker of the house, he said, hold the bill up, if you get a bill, don't sign it within 10 days there is pocket veto. hold the bill for a month. and mccormick said why? johnson said, because i want to sign it on hugh carey's birthday. wouldn't have the bill without him. he did sign it on hugh carey's birthday. that kind of thing. >> how did he so much about so many people? i'm told that he had the phone number and the name of every member of congress on his desk in the oval office with little notes about what they might need or might want? how do he, how did he assemble all this? where did he get all this information? >> he aaccumulated it. it just was absolutely stunning. i mean and, it was invaluable to him. i mean he, he loved politicians. he spent time with them. h
in the background is bill moyers and me and a picture i have in my office. it was so hot in there you could see the sweat through cardinal spellman's black cassock. it was incredible. they worked on it. finally agreed. it was fantastic. got the bill passed. then he said to john mccormick, the speaker of the house, he said, hold the bill up, if you get a bill, don't sign it within 10 days there is pocket veto. hold the bill for a month. and mccormick said why? johnson said, because i want to...
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he and bill moyers -- on the dvd there's a 15 minute conversation between moyers and humphreys from the journal as a bonus thing and he just talked about johnson and they both agreed that he could be -- it was almost like an abusive relationship with people. he would be very kind and loving and do something wrong and he would shut you up for the next two months and then come out so you never knew where you stood with him. c-span: by the way, if someone wants this documentary, can i buy a? >> guest: shop pbs.org. c-span: shop pbs.org. how much? >> guest: has $24.95. other retailers have it, too. it's pretty much everywhere. c-span: everyone is at least our age that he ran for president and hunt the difficulty of going in and out of vietnam and here's what he sees her documentary. >> position to the war grew in since humphrey was defending it, humphrey lost his credibility. with not only his traditional liberal constituencies, did many others as well. >> humphrey had positioned himself as the liberal wing of the democratic party. and it appeared to us that he treated that in for power. â™
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i have been joaquin 42 coming years since it saw you on bill moyers. you talk about the plutocrats the ordinary people who were losing and very a great at four people they the that the government is wasting their tax money they don't have much to do with those they feel are causing the problem. 1932 they have no difficulty to figure out who was at fault. i grew up in the '50s and '60s you cannot even imagine we were building on the basic foundation now the new deal itself is under threat why don't they realize? obviously the republicans want them to but why do they believe that? >> elizabeth warren say the corporations are to blame we need to have a fair society and it will work better but she is that they get tough time in massachusetts. she is barely ahead. why? >> i will offer two ways to think about it. i do think especially before the crisis than there should of plutocrats and have low fable grind them into their boot to but what i would describe busy intellectual establishment to buy into the notion that the regulation will work and my favorite t
i have been joaquin 42 coming years since it saw you on bill moyers. you talk about the plutocrats the ordinary people who were losing and very a great at four people they the that the government is wasting their tax money they don't have much to do with those they feel are causing the problem. 1932 they have no difficulty to figure out who was at fault. i grew up in the '50s and '60s you cannot even imagine we were building on the basic foundation now the new deal itself is under threat why...
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care debate and copies of the of bill and also plain language explanation i am able year but for a don moyer to read it is more challenging we want the public to know i of undecided right now. that is a priority to roll back those provisions of dog trained. in those but the things we're working on. >> with in your state supreme justice does he influenced your going to law school. >> it was an interesting person growing up been total poverty and then to be struck again with polio we are not so sure how true that is but to have some type of debilitating disease one says it is polio. but he could not work with a cottage industry to say we did not have chicken in my house. not with my father. for someone who'd did not care to chase dollars that cared about doing the right thing to have integrity and was known for that and always said to me never be the victim but fight the battle be willing to lose to stand for the right thing. that we never really feared failure and the victim could -- it could hurt people and hold them back with a focus on the negatives in iambs always amazed by holocaust surv
care debate and copies of the of bill and also plain language explanation i am able year but for a don moyer to read it is more challenging we want the public to know i of undecided right now. that is a priority to roll back those provisions of dog trained. in those but the things we're working on. >> with in your state supreme justice does he influenced your going to law school. >> it was an interesting person growing up been total poverty and then to be struck again with polio we...
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is during the clinton administration, then a height of experiences with sex simple in her momentum moyer "sex object." on "after words" at 9:00 p.m., heather mcdonald talks about policing in america. at 10:00 p.m., a roundtable discussion on hillary clinton's book "it takes a village." and we wrap up our lineup with representative marsha blackburn from the book that influenced her life and career. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> booktv visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i plan on reading four things. the first one i'm in the middle is bully pulpit.
is during the clinton administration, then a height of experiences with sex simple in her momentum moyer "sex object." on "after words" at 9:00 p.m., heather mcdonald talks about policing in america. at 10:00 p.m., a roundtable discussion on hillary clinton's book "it takes a village." and we wrap up our lineup with representative marsha blackburn from the book that influenced her life and career. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> booktv...
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bill moyers is from oklahoma. think about the great things he's done that's extraordinary. and the two-time pulitzer winner who gave his life in the course of covering stories about war. first of all i want people outside of oklahoma to know we are a literate state that we are a state producing an extraordinary number of incredible writers. the iraq elephants come invisible man for goodness sakes. the 100 best books of the 20th century. i've heard it mentioned suzi had created a genre of young adult literature. john berryman, that has made a national -- international impact with their work. i want to make people more aware of that. but i want oklahomans to be able to embrace their own heritage. we need an oklahoma
bill moyers is from oklahoma. think about the great things he's done that's extraordinary. and the two-time pulitzer winner who gave his life in the course of covering stories about war. first of all i want people outside of oklahoma to know we are a literate state that we are a state producing an extraordinary number of incredible writers. the iraq elephants come invisible man for goodness sakes. the 100 best books of the 20th century. i've heard it mentioned suzi had created a genre of young...
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c-span: in this "wall street journal" mark moyer, you say mr. moyer has worked for the military. near the end of the piece for the review and the date on the review by the way was january the fifth, you write like david halberstam, mr. hastings embodies the harm reporting causes to overseas interest. the firing of general mcchrystal removed the one american who enjoyed the confidence of afghan president hamid karzai and his part as on me. the chief of staff. what is your reaction to that? >> guest: it harms the situation. it's a revision in history. president karzai threatened to join the taliban twice while mcchrystal was in charge. threatened to join the taliban. and not only that, president karzai rejected mcchrystal's proposal because of the strategy and you can't really point to anything concrete about what my crystal's relationship gain from karzai. is just kind of oh mcchrystal got along with him. what did he get at? nothing. c-span: the book is called "the operators" in the subtitle is the wild and terrifying inside story of america's war in afghanistan. our guest is mich
c-span: in this "wall street journal" mark moyer, you say mr. moyer has worked for the military. near the end of the piece for the review and the date on the review by the way was january the fifth, you write like david halberstam, mr. hastings embodies the harm reporting causes to overseas interest. the firing of general mcchrystal removed the one american who enjoyed the confidence of afghan president hamid karzai and his part as on me. the chief of staff. what is your reaction to...
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today's vote signals to the men and boys in the moyer cut that you can demean an assault women especially fear in a position of power and influence. it won't even prevent you from becoming a supreme court justice. yesterday accusations flew from the other side of the eye about deliberate efforts to make up accusations and undermine the nomination. democrats didn't need to have additional reasons to oppose his confirmation. as i maintain before, his records demonstrate a pattern of misstating the facts. he wasn't candid yesterday, he wasn't candid when he testified in the 2004 and 2006 confirmation hearings. or when he testified at his confirmation hearing for this nomination in 2018. i found his candor lacking in the judicial opinions and legal arguments he authored. for example. as we talked about in the past judge kavanaugh was not honest with the committee in 2004 and 2006 when asked about matters that he worked on in e-mails from the white house show he was not honest about receiving stolen documents from manny miranda. in a case i'm familiar with he demonstrated what can only be call
today's vote signals to the men and boys in the moyer cut that you can demean an assault women especially fear in a position of power and influence. it won't even prevent you from becoming a supreme court justice. yesterday accusations flew from the other side of the eye about deliberate efforts to make up accusations and undermine the nomination. democrats didn't need to have additional reasons to oppose his confirmation. as i maintain before, his records demonstrate a pattern of misstating...
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>> guest: this book that i've written is basically a moment moyer of my journey through the medical training but written through the lens of race. there are a lot of physician authors out there but i think race is a really important issue in medicine, and these authors largely overlook the subject. that's a really omission because so many of the leading medical schools and teaching hospitals across america are situated in communities with large black populations, and many cases there's an historical tension between the communities and these large institutions. so that's the story that hasn't been told in a narrative way and so that's -- writing this book i was trying to tell two stories. my personal journey of backing a young black man from a working class background, scaling this medical ladder, and at the same time telling stories of everyday black people facing serious health problems and trying to beef those stories together. >> host: what's you're background? sunny grew up in suburban maryland on the corridor between washington dc and baltimore, working class community, all black. that
>> guest: this book that i've written is basically a moment moyer of my journey through the medical training but written through the lens of race. there are a lot of physician authors out there but i think race is a really important issue in medicine, and these authors largely overlook the subject. that's a really omission because so many of the leading medical schools and teaching hospitals across america are situated in communities with large black populations, and many cases there's an...
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bill moyers. yeah bill moyers is another so just you know, it's that's really the connections are all over the place don you and your great have already set up a small exhibit of some of the items from the -- goodwin collection and everyone should go see this as i did for the third time i think this afternoon it has wonderful objects. a box that came from that was a gift from che guevara. but i think that my favorite are ones that mark updegrove alluded to in his introduction, the drafts of speeches, you can see how those famous words that were very often spoken by jfk or lbj were crafted through drafts and memos and all the rest that goes into a speech. those are some of my favorite items. and i've only, of course, seen a small. doris, let me ask you, what are some of your favorite items from the collection that we're getting? well, i think probably for me personally, what matters the most is that i wanted to know what my husband was like when he was a young man because he was 12 years older than
bill moyers. yeah bill moyers is another so just you know, it's that's really the connections are all over the place don you and your great have already set up a small exhibit of some of the items from the -- goodwin collection and everyone should go see this as i did for the third time i think this afternoon it has wonderful objects. a box that came from that was a gift from che guevara. but i think that my favorite are ones that mark updegrove alluded to in his introduction, the drafts of...
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leslie borrow mac-moyer who served as a model of leadership becoming the president of our beloved university, the mayor of jackson, mississippi, and today at 83 years old, one of the first black elected officials in his hometown of walls, mississippi. they and others taught me the urgency of opportunity inherent in the promise of america, but they also were clear that the arc of our moral universe bends towards justice only when people keep our heart and our hands pushing it in that workers, the families, and other leaders at sciu was also formative because we built coalitions to win, to win health care benefits for health care workers who had never been able to see a doctor. we built a coalition to win to raise the minimum wage in california to $15 an hour when the average californian was spending 40% of their disposable income on housing and on food. together we fought for environmental justice and to restore redemption and rehabilitation to our criminal justice system. we knew that we urgently needed to work to build the california that our children deserved. and i was able to continue th
leslie borrow mac-moyer who served as a model of leadership becoming the president of our beloved university, the mayor of jackson, mississippi, and today at 83 years old, one of the first black elected officials in his hometown of walls, mississippi. they and others taught me the urgency of opportunity inherent in the promise of america, but they also were clear that the arc of our moral universe bends towards justice only when people keep our heart and our hands pushing it in that workers,...
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i just read a recent interview with bill moyers. boy moyers was asked what his greatest fear was, and his greatest fear was that we in america would accept greater and greater inequality, wealth inequality, as the norm. that we would accept a greater and greater inequality as norm normal. well, here's maybe what he was talking about. from 2005-2009, the median net worth -- median net worth -- of hispanic households went down 66%. the median net worth of african-american households went down 53%. the median net worth of white caucasian households went down 16%. the median net worth right now of a white caucasian family in america is 20 times that of an african-american family, 18 times that of an hispanic fami family. this is twice the gap since before the recession and it's the biggest gap since this data was collected by the bureau of labor statistics since 1984. do you see what's happening? our country is pulling apart. fewer and fewer people at the top getting more and more weal wealth. more and more people at the bottom, destroy
i just read a recent interview with bill moyers. boy moyers was asked what his greatest fear was, and his greatest fear was that we in america would accept greater and greater inequality, wealth inequality, as the norm. that we would accept a greater and greater inequality as norm normal. well, here's maybe what he was talking about. from 2005-2009, the median net worth -- median net worth -- of hispanic households went down 66%. the median net worth of african-american households went down...
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can we get one moyer round of applause. great conversation. [applause] >> if you had a question and you did not get a chance to ask it, i'm very sorry we ran out of time. feel free to hop in the signing line, and him the question there. books are available up at the registrar in the store. he'll be right here and happy to sign and always you could help us by folding up your chairs chd lean them against the court top or the wall, helps in resetting the space. so thank you for coming out. conversation. >> and now on c-span2's booktv, more television for serious readers. >> the book i called panic attack,down radical inside the age of trump. the awe honor is associate editor of reason magazine or reason.com, robby soave. who are these young radicals? >> guest: these are activists who are particularly causing issues on college cam puts. but you end up final in streets of places like portland as well who are different from kind of the old left. all about free speech, due process, kind of aclu values. what we're seeing now is a lot of attempts to sh
can we get one moyer round of applause. great conversation. [applause] >> if you had a question and you did not get a chance to ask it, i'm very sorry we ran out of time. feel free to hop in the signing line, and him the question there. books are available up at the registrar in the store. he'll be right here and happy to sign and always you could help us by folding up your chairs chd lean them against the court top or the wall, helps in resetting the space. so thank you for coming out....
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we know the pitchers, johan santana and jamie moyer. >> santana-moyer, santana has the lead, but philly hasn't played many games at home. they have five guys on the disabled list, big time guys that need to contribute, so i don't think they're at full strength yet. the mets will prevail on this one. >> jamie moyer is 47 years old, he keeps tricking hitters after all of these years. it's amazing. years ago his son said dad, could you just throw one pitch at 90 miles an hour, and jamie said son, that's not how i pitch, and they drove home after the game, and jamie was driving like 85, and the son said you're driving faster than you can throw a baseball. jamie said that has nothing to do with it, i know how to pitch, and does he ever. >> i like the matchup. obviously the two teams are playing well. i'm going to lean toward santana. he's the better pitcher. >> the phillies snapped the mets' winning streak saturday. we'll see if new york can start a new one. espn's sunday night baseball preceded by "baseball tonight." we come your way twice on sunday. >> as expected lebron james, the named m
we know the pitchers, johan santana and jamie moyer. >> santana-moyer, santana has the lead, but philly hasn't played many games at home. they have five guys on the disabled list, big time guys that need to contribute, so i don't think they're at full strength yet. the mets will prevail on this one. >> jamie moyer is 47 years old, he keeps tricking hitters after all of these years. it's amazing. years ago his son said dad, could you just throw one pitch at 90 miles an hour, and...
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that's why as chairman of the science commit are right to put moyer money into r & d. this is the next book i hope to richmond called "do i make myself clear," despite what some people are saying in the office this was not begin to me by my wife. but it's about how to write better, and i try to improve my writing. unfortunately i never stop editing to the consternation and frustration of my staff, but as long as they give it back to me'll keep editing, whether an op-ed piece or statement or markup of legislation. just a wealth of wonderful books and i'm frustrated because i can't reading their everything i wicklow to read. try to read a book every week or two. i didn't love to read until college but it helps to inspire you and be a better person. having said that, my caveat would be that i think you can read too much, and i think i'm getting to that point where i'm not just reading to read but i'm -- i'm loving what i read and i pick subject is want to read about, mostly they're nonfiction, sometimes they're on leadership and whatnot, but i think it's important and jus
that's why as chairman of the science commit are right to put moyer money into r & d. this is the next book i hope to richmond called "do i make myself clear," despite what some people are saying in the office this was not begin to me by my wife. but it's about how to write better, and i try to improve my writing. unfortunately i never stop editing to the consternation and frustration of my staff, but as long as they give it back to me'll keep editing, whether an op-ed piece or...
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. >> bill moyers is another. so, really, the connections are all over the place. >> don, you and your great staff have already set up a small exhibit of some of the items from the dick goodwin collection and everyone should go see this as i did for the third time, i think, this afternoon. it has wonderful objects, a cigar box, a gift from che guevara. but i think that my favorite items that markup upgrove, and you can see how the speech or words from jfk or lbj were crafted, the memos and drafts that goes into a speech. and those are my favorite items. and doris, what are some of your favorite items from the collection that we're getting. >> probably for me, personally what matters the most, i always wanted to know what my husband was like as a young man, 12 years older than me. and envied those that married husbands or wives from high school and known them all the way through and i kept asking him, what were you like as a young guy? i don't know i was too busy being him. in college he had a best friend, he wrote
. >> bill moyers is another. so, really, the connections are all over the place. >> don, you and your great staff have already set up a small exhibit of some of the items from the dick goodwin collection and everyone should go see this as i did for the third time, i think, this afternoon. it has wonderful objects, a cigar box, a gift from che guevara. but i think that my favorite items that markup upgrove, and you can see how the speech or words from jfk or lbj were crafted, the...
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it was one of the things he mentioned in his cushion with moyers -- in his discussion with moyers. he sensed that it was something that he was not going to be able to control. initially there was, there was a consensus. and johnson was driven by consensus politics. when he campaigned, he didn't attack individuals or groups like -- [audio difficulty] he attacked abstractions like disease and is poverty. brilliant, i think. but, and there was, in fact, a consensus that supported both the war in vietnam, many liberal cold war warriors believed that there was a connection between our acting in vietnam to save the non-white peoples of that region from scourges of communism and what the government was doing in the south to eliminate jim crow. but the urban rioting domestically and then the blunders that the u.s. made in vietnam -- the free fire zones, the massive bombing and our continued support of what was obviously a corrupt regime that destroyed that consensus. so you got 1968 johnson's abdication, martin luther king's assassination, bobby kennedy's assassination and the chicago conv
it was one of the things he mentioned in his cushion with moyers -- in his discussion with moyers. he sensed that it was something that he was not going to be able to control. initially there was, there was a consensus. and johnson was driven by consensus politics. when he campaigned, he didn't attack individuals or groups like -- [audio difficulty] he attacked abstractions like disease and is poverty. brilliant, i think. but, and there was, in fact, a consensus that supported both the war in...
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street journal" in this particular review section going to is the author of this, a guy named mark moyer, who has written a book from the civil war to a rock. i just want to wait on the first paragraph engaging to put this in context, during the vietnam war, the generation of david halberstam and neil sheehan turned into muckraking. by the time a major war effort returned in 2003, that would be a rock, that generation had become too old to visit the trenches, along the emergence of generation acts and george packer who are both writers, who did not share their contempt for the military. not so for michael hastings as we learned in "the operators", his account of events from 2008 until 2011. mr. hastings asserts that this generational change drove him to write the runaway general, the "rolling stone" article of june 2010. dooming the career of general stanley mcchrystal. can you put that into context? >> "the wall street journal" failed to disclose that the reviewer is a consultant for the u.s. military whose work include wall street journal and we have worked with people to take the book
street journal" in this particular review section going to is the author of this, a guy named mark moyer, who has written a book from the civil war to a rock. i just want to wait on the first paragraph engaging to put this in context, during the vietnam war, the generation of david halberstam and neil sheehan turned into muckraking. by the time a major war effort returned in 2003, that would be a rock, that generation had become too old to visit the trenches, along the emergence of...
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. >> in a recent article for the "washington post" magazine, justin moyer reports on people across the country who have taken on the challenge of reading the biography about every u.s. president. 27-year-old andrew cordis cowho reviews presidential biographies on his log, pre presidents project, compares the term of a president to a baseball season, in that, quote, no president has won 162 games and no president has won zero. bob, himmerman, 50-year-old librarian who completed his reading challenge in one year, comments that, quote, you'd think they'd have to be the most self-assured persons in the world but they were all sorts of insecure. fredericksburg investment banker, steve floyd, who blogs that best presidential bios.com reads multiple biographies about each president and expects to complete his reading after four years and 200 bucks by presidents day 2017. for those looking to par take in their own principalat biography challenge, justin moyers suggests the american president series. this series begun hi arthur she is singer injure. offers short biographies of nearly every pres
. >> in a recent article for the "washington post" magazine, justin moyer reports on people across the country who have taken on the challenge of reading the biography about every u.s. president. 27-year-old andrew cordis cowho reviews presidential biographies on his log, pre presidents project, compares the term of a president to a baseball season, in that, quote, no president has won 162 games and no president has won zero. bob, himmerman, 50-year-old librarian who completed...
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moyer will speak more about the office on violence against women. we did understand it was going to cease operations today under the shut down. from what we hear from our members across the country, it's just almost chaotic trying to get information from hud or from the irs for a low income taxpayer clinic that many of them run. that the impact so far of the shut down really has been a lack of continuity in these programs, a lack of the ability to get information. and the longer it goes on, the more chaotic that situation will become. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. they rayburn cafeteria isn't doing too well either, sir, i want you to know. dawn, we remember you when you attended another forum only two years ago and your testimony was very important than. we turn now to the president of two organizations, the alliance, nan aaron, president of the alliance justice, and the judicial selection process. she's worked with the aclu's national prison project, trial attorney for the equal employment opportunity commission, litigating race and
moyer will speak more about the office on violence against women. we did understand it was going to cease operations today under the shut down. from what we hear from our members across the country, it's just almost chaotic trying to get information from hud or from the irs for a low income taxpayer clinic that many of them run. that the impact so far of the shut down really has been a lack of continuity in these programs, a lack of the ability to get information. and the longer it goes on, the...